Reference no: EM133472274
Questions
1. In the frivolous litigation video, the judge in the McDonald's case reduced the:
A. damages awards
B. trial schedule
C. jury size
D. attorneys' fees
2. A _____ case is highlighted in the frivolous litigation video.
A. false imprisonment
B. defamation
C. vicarious liability
D. product liability
3. In the frivolous litigation video, the jury determined the plaintiff in the highlighted case was 20 percent to blame under the doctrine of:
A. assigned blame
B. comparative fault
C. passing the buck
D. contributory indifference
4. When unreasonably dangerous products are sold that cause injuries:
A. all sellers are held strictly liable
B. private sellers are held to a higher liability standard
C. only manufacturers are held strictly liable
D. only wholesalers are held strictly liable
5. When a defendant admits to fulfilling one or more elements of a tort, but insists they are not liable:
A. innocent bystanders defense
B. affirmative defense
C. Good Samaritan defense
D. comparative defense
6. When an employee is working for an employer's benefit and commits a tort, the employer can be liable under the:
A. caveat emptor doctrine
B. respondeat superior doctrine
C. res ipsa loquitur doctrine
D. strict liability doctrine
7. The defendant in a product liability suit can escape liability by proving:
A. contributory negligence
B. product misuse
C. comparative fault
D. product design excellence
8. An intentional, unwelcome act that creates a reasonable apprehension or fear of immediate harmful contact:
A. battery
B. tort
C. assault
D. violence
9. When a person purposely commits a tort:
A. negligence
B. intentional tort
C. reckless endangerment
D. frolic
10. When a person didn't intentionally commit a tort, but committed one nonetheless:
A. negligence
B. reprisal
C. intentional tort
D. writ of mandamus
11. Something so dangerously harmful that if anything wrong happens, the person carrying it out is held strictly liable:
A. assumption of the risk
B. harmful act
C. menace to society
D. ultrahazardous activity
12. Designed to encourage bystanders to provide first aid or assist in helping accident victims:
A. See something, say something campaign
B. First Responder laws
C. Good Samaritan laws
D. the Ad Council
13. Self-defense and defense of others are viable defenses, as long as the defense is:
A. proportionate to the initial force
B. immediate and firm
C. not deadly
D. preceded by a warning
14. If you're driving in a snowstorm, and the car ahead of you slides into a ditch, you are:
A. obligated by the federal Good Samaritan Act to help
B. under a common-law duty to at least call police
C. under no duty to help
D. under a special duty to help
15. May be available in cases where the defendant acted with willful negligence:
A. tortfeasor's prison
B. punitive damages
C. capital punishment
D. life without parole